[coolibrarian]

I am such a procrastinator. Also, I am depressed and my T is out of the country for another week.
I am working on my 3rd Master's degree and I am 54 years old, so you'd think I'd know better by now. Anyway, I wait until the last minute on papers and projects and either do a poor job or just miss class. Then I get angry at myself and feel shame. Can anyone relate?

[Perna]

I'm 63 and taking an advanced course online. I just turned in a paper and did not like it; I can't stand to be "late", can't take the pressure so I work all the time on the papers but not in depth enough and I don't bother to even try to figure out how to understand what they want anymore and slant my thinking that way. It can be pretty depressing, not feeling like one is giving one's best. If this is what I have "chosen" to do, you'd think I'd be good at it? I'm on vacation down in Florida and "got rid of" the paper so I could have a few days before the next one rears its ugly head to be started on.

[coolibrarian]

Perna, I'm glad I'm not the only one, although I'm sorry you are going through this, too.

When nothing is wrong I make something go wrong. I do that a lot too. Usually though, I guess, when I do something right before the deadline or do something poorly, I throw it behind me and try to get a headstart on the next thing. For me it's all about momentum with tasks so I'll move to a coffee shop or library and spend the day there working on a bunch of things and won't come back until at least a few assignments are done. It gets really motivating when you get hungry haha.

Best of luck!

[Almeera]

I wait until the last minute on papers and projects and either do a poor job or just miss class. Then I get angry at myself and feel shame. Can anyone relate?

That's me! Then again, the course I'm taking right now is mind-numbingly boring (you'd think no-one could make Psychology seem "boring", but the people at my university somehow manage to do just that), so I might really just be that procrastination is my passive-aggressive way of telling myself that I Don't Really Want To Do This Right Now.

[Perna]

Originally Posted by Cherbiej

I am working on my 3rd Master's degree

So, you already have two? That's hardly self sabotage! Or is it like "I'm working on my second $1,000,000. . .I gave up on the first."

[coolibrarian]

Yes, I have 2. The self-sabotage comes in individual classes, not the degree as a whole. Does that make more sense?